Tonight at 10 tough new restrictions are about to come into force across most of the north east of england amid a sharp rise in Coronavirus Infections. From midnight almost two Million People will be unable to socialise with other households. Pubs, bars and restaurants will have to shut at 10pm. Its spreading, really, isnt it, so if it saves it getting worse. Because people cant come out with their friends, only people from their household, pubs wont survive. Tonight we are just two hours to go until these new restrictions come into place. We will hear from those affected right across the north east of england. Another lockdown in part of south wales has also come into force meaning across the uk more than 9 Million People are now living under stricter local coronavirus restrictions. Demand for coronavirus tests is up to 4 times more than the Number Available the head of test and trace says no one predicted the huge surge in demand. It beggars belief, it takes is ages to getan it begga
This is bbc news, im reeta chakrabarti. The headlines. Nearly two Million People across most of the north east of england are set for tougher coronavirus restrictions from midnight, after a rise in cases. We do not take these decisions lightly. We agree with the local councils that we must follow the data and act, and the data says that we must act now. A similar story in south wales where almost half a Million People in Rhondda Cynon taff will have stricter lockdown rules from 6pm this evening. Meanwhile a sharp decline in the turnaround time for testing as the system struggles to keep up with demand. The british people honoured their side of the bargain. In return, the government was supposed to deliver effective testing and tracing. The government failed. If you have any questions on testing, do send them in using the hashtag below and well answer them in half an hour with a virologist and senior clinical lecturer. And back to spurs . Real madrid striker gareth bale is due to fly to
This is bbc news, im carrie gracie, the headlines at 9am. Scientists warn that Contact Tracing in the uk isnt good enough to prevent a second even bigger wave of covid 19 once schools reopen for the new term. The government says its improving. This is not something weve had to do before, and the lancet are absolutely right to say that this matters, but dont underestimate what we have achieved here. Pupils in scotland find out what grades theyve been awarded after coronavirus forced their exams to be cancelled for the First Time Ever. I got exactly what i was hoping for, so it means im going to university and, yeah, im just so happy, i cant believe it. The oil company bp announces record losses and cuts its dividend in half, after the pandemic sent demand and prices plunging. The australian state of victoria
imposes tougher punishments for people who breach coronavirus rules and deploys more military personnel to fight the spread of the virus. On at least three or four occasions in the
Lets hear what the government had to say at todays downing street Daily Briefing earlier today. It was led by the housing and communities secretary robertjenrick. Good afternoon and welcome to the downing street press conference. Im joined by drjenny harry, the deputy chief medical officer as housing secretary, i will set out our company has a plan to safely restart, reopen and renew the Housing Market. Our comprehensive plan. First i want to update you on the latest data on the coronavirus response. 2,094,209 tests for coronavirus have now been carried out in the United Kingdom including 87,063 tests carried out yesterday. 229,705 people have tested positive. That is an increase of 3,242 cases since yesterday. 11,327 people are in hospital with covid 19. That is down 15 from 13,273 cases last week. And sadly, of those tested positive for coronavirus across all settings, 33,186 have now died. That is an increase of 49a fatalities since yesterday. These figures include deaths in all set
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